Retail

“Expanding the Peanuts presence in the baby and toddler demographic is an important part of our commercial strategy, and working with a beloved UK retailer such as Mothercare is a significant component of that strategy."

In its 40th anniversary year, Forbidden Planet's DTR licensing and special projects manager. Anthony Garnon talks to Licensing.biz about where the retailer goes from here.

“Coca-Cola wants the coffee brand and with that we will see a greater presence of Costa products across shops, vending machines, when you order a coffee at a pub or a bar, there will be Costa coffee."

Phillip Hammond declared a desire to ensure that taxation was fair ‘between business doing business the traditional way, and those doing business online.’

“The group has acquired all of the UK stores of House of Fraser, the House of Fraser brand and all of the stock in the business,” it said.

The pop culture and collectables specialist has seen the number of its active properties surge 26 per cent to 510 from 404, with results reflecting a five per cent increase on each.

The move towards enticing new audiences into the Warhammer trope has been bolstered through collaborations with Steve Jackson Games for a Warhammer cross-over with the publisher’s hit title Munchkin, Warhammer Monopoly and a children's book series.

LOL Surprise, Total Marvel, Fingerlings, Hatchimals and Soft N Slo Squishes have been highlighted among the key drivers for the seven per cent increase, as well as parent and consumer empathy in the face of the demise of Toys R Us.

The department store chain will close 31 of its stores having settled with landlords to avoid litigation.

The branded wall will display a range of Pokémon products including the Pokémon Trading Card Game – Europe’s favourite TCG with over 65 per cent of the UK market, stationery items and the new Wicked Cool Toys line.